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This is the (occasional) blog of a career restaurant wine professional who used to write newspaper wine columns on the side for fun, but who is now a full-time wine journalist doing restaurant consulting for fun. "Culinary wine," to me, means I believe in the quaint old notion that wine is actually a food, and that it should be balanced like ingredients in a well made dish. If you like the idea, you might find some delicious new insights into wine in this blog. - Randy Caparoso

"I fought against the bottle," as Leonard Cohen wrote, "but I had to do it drunk"... specializing in wine as a restaurateur, retailer, wine judge, journalist, frequent flyer and mental traveler. But to me, wine is a food like a rose is a rose. So why all the fuss?
Currently: Editor-at-Large/Bottom Line Columnist, The SOMM Journal; Contributing Editor, The Tasting Panel. Awards: Sante's Wine & Food Professional of the Year (1998); Restaurant Wine's Wine Marketer of the Year (1992 & 1999); Academy of Wine Communications (commendation) for Excellence in Wine Writing and Encouragement of Higher Industry Standards; Electoral College Member, Vintners Hall of Fame at the Culinary Institute of America, Greystone.